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{{short description|Provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada}}
{{use mdy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox Canada electoral district
| name                = Victoria-Beacon Hill
| province            = British Columbia
| image               = 2023 346 Victoria-Beacon Hill.svg
| caption             = Location in [[Greater Victoria]]
| prov-status         = active
| prov-created        = 
| prov-abolished      = 
| prov-election-first = 1991
| prov-election-last  = 2024
| prov-rep            = Grace Lore
| prov-rep-link       = 
| prov-rep-party      = NDP
| prov-rep-party-link = 
| demo-census-date    = 2001
| demo-pop            = 49427
| demo-electors       = 
| demo-electors-date  = 
| demo-area           = 12.39
| demo-cd             = [[Capital Regional District|Capital]]
| demo-csd            = [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]]
}}

'''Victoria-Beacon Hill''' is a [[provinces and territories of Canada|provincial]] [[electoral district (Canada)|electoral district]] for the [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]], Canada.

== Demographics ==
{| class="wikitable"
|Population
|49,427
|-
|Population Change, 1996-2001
| -0.1%
|-
|Area (km<sup>2</sup>)
|12.39
|-
|Pop. Density
|3,989
|}

== Geography ==
The [[Riding (division)|riding]] comprises most of the City of [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]], the provincial capital. It is bounded by the coastline to the south and west including the [[Downtown Victoria|downtown core]]; by the Municipality of [[Oak Bay, British Columbia|Oak Bay]] to the east, by Bay Street and Haultain Street to the north.

== History ==
Victoria-Beacon Hill was created in 1989, in time for the [[1991 British Columbia general election]], after the abolition of the two-member district of [[Victoria (British Columbia electoral district)|Victoria]] along with all other such dual ridings. In the 2008 boundary redistribution, Victoria-Beacon Hill kept 89 per cent of its area and added nine per cent of Victoria-Hillside.

==Members of the Legislative Assembly==
This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
{{BC-MLA|Victoria-Beacon Hill}}
{{BC-MLA nodata|Riding created from [[Victoria (British Columbia provincial electoral district)|Victoria]]}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 1991
| ToYr = 1996
| Assembly# = 35
| RepName = Gretchen Brewin
| BCParty = NDP
| RepTerms# = 2
| PartyTerms# = 2
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 1996
| ToYr = 2001
| Assembly# = 36
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr =  2001
| ToYr = 2005
| Assembly# = 37
| RepName = [[Jeff Bray (politician)|Jeff Bray]]
| BCParty = Liberal
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2005
| ToYr = 2009
| Assembly# = 38
| RepName = Carole James
| BCParty = NDP
| RepTerms# = 4
| PartyTerms# = 6
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2009
| ToYr = 2013
| Assembly# = 39
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2013
| ToYr = 2017
| Assembly# = 40
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2017
| ToYr = 2020
| Assembly# = 41
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2020
| ToYr = 2024
| Assembly# = 42
| RepName = Grace Lore
| RepTerms# = 2
}}
{{BC-MLA row
| FromYr = 2024
| ToYr = present
| Assembly# = 43
}}
{{BC-MLA end}}

== Election results ==
{{Image frame
| content = {{Graph:Chart
 | width = 700
 | height = 300
 | type = line
 | xAxisTitle = Year
 | yAxisTitle = Vote Share
 | xAxisMin = 1991
 | xAxisMax = 2020
 | yAxisMin = 0
 | yAxisMax = 0.6
 | yAxisFormat = %
 | legend = Legend
 | y1Title = BC NDP
 | y2Title = BC Liberals
 | y3Title = BC Greens
 | y4Title = Others
 | linewidth = 2
 | x = 1991,1996,2001,2005,2009,2013,2017,2020
 | y1 = 0.4795,0.5251,0.3690,0.5721,0.5537,0.4865,0.5305,0.5461
 | y2 = 0.3259,0.3352,0.3704,0.3073,0.2634,0.1696,0.1549,0.1435
 | y3 = 0.0319,0.0443,0.2172,0.1057,0.1697,0.3388,0.3038,0.2993
 | y4 = 0.1627,0.0954,0.0434,0.0150,0.0132,0.0050,0.0108,0.0111
 | colors = #F4A460,#A51B12,#99C955,#DCDCDC
 | showSymbols = Yes}}
| caption = Graph of the election results in Victoria-Beacon Hill (minor parties are combined into "Others")
| align = center
}}
{{2024 British Columbia general election/Victoria-Beacon Hill}}
{{2020 British Columbia general election/Victoria-Beacon Hill}}
{{2017 British Columbia general election/Victoria-Beacon Hill}}
{{2013 British Columbia general election/Victoria-Beacon Hill}}
{{2009 British Columbia general election/Victoria-Beacon Hill}}
{{2005 British Columbia general election/Victoria-Beacon Hill}}
{{2001 British Columbia general election/Victoria-Beacon Hill}}
{{1996 British Columbia general election/Victoria-Beacon Hill}}
{{1991 British Columbia general election/Victoria-Beacon Hill}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/data/cen01/profiles/PED_74.pdf BC Stats Profile - 2001]
*[http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov01/vtb.pdf Results of 2001 election (pdf)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20030312155429/http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/ceofin2001.pdf 2001 Expenditures]
*[http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov96/va/sov96_vtb.htm Results of 1996 election]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071025221610/http://www.elections.bc.ca/rpt/ceorpt_5.pdf 1996 Expenditures]
*[http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov91/sov91-99.html Results of 1991 election]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071004234457/http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/sov91/sov91-20-1.html 1991 Expenditures]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050513204310/http://www.legis.gov.bc.ca/ Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]

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[[Category:British Columbia provincial electoral districts on Vancouver Island]]
[[Category:Politics of Victoria, British Columbia]]